{"id":2092,"date":"2014-11-03T02:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co14\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T08:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:41:59","slug":"1co14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co14\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Corinthians 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 14<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Follow after charity, and desire spiritual <span class=\"add\">gifts,<\/span> but rather that ye may prophesy.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For he that speaketh in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth <span class=\"add\">him;<\/span> howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men <span class=\"add\">to<\/span> edification, and exhortation, and comfort.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He that speaketh in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> without signification.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> a barbarian unto me.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual <span class=\"add\">gifts,<\/span> seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Wherefore let him that speaketh in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue pray that he may interpret.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For if I pray in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that <span class=\"add\">by my voice<\/span> I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In the law it is written, With <span class=\"add\">men of<\/span> other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying <span class=\"add\">serveth<\/span> not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in <span class=\"add\">those that are<\/span> unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or <span class=\"add\">one<\/span> unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If any man speak in an <span class=\"add\">unknown<\/span> tongue, <span class=\"add\">let it be<\/span> by two, or at the most <span class=\"add\">by<\/span> three, and <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> by course; and let one interpret.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If <span class=\"add\">any thing<\/span> be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\">33\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For God is not <span class=\"add\">the author<\/span> of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\">34\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but <span class=\"add\">they are commanded<\/span> to be under obedience, as also saith the law.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V35\">35\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V36\">36\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V37\">37\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V38\">38\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V39\">39\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V40\">40\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Let all things be done decently and in order. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Corinthians Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1co16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 1\u00a0Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2\u00a0For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3\u00a0But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4\u00a0He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 5\u00a0I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. 6\u00a0Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7\u00a0And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8\u00a0For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9\u00a0So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 10\u00a0There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. 11\u00a0Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 12\u00a0Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. 13\u00a0Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. 14\u00a0For if I pray in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newconvenant","tag-1corinthians"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4185,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions\/4185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}